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Camelus ferus
CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons. Found by name on iNaturalist, Wikimedia Commons and in the open-access papers that described the species (Plazi); click a picture for its credit and licence.

Wild Bactrian Camel

Camelus ferus Przewalski, 1878

This species is in the Catalogue of Life but not yet in the 2023 GBIF backbone or on iNaturalist: most likely it was described, or split from another species, very recently. What is known so far is below.

Recorded from
Southern Asia
Also published as
Camelus bactrianus ferus Przewalski, 1878
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Where it has been recorded

Recorded sightings

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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.

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In the stacks

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Every page naming Camelus ferus in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →

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References

  • Gentry, A., J. Clutton-Brock, and C. P. Groves. (2004). The naming of wild animal species and their domestic derivatives. Journal of Archaeological Science, Vol. 31, Issue 5.
  • Burgin, Connor J., Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier, Anthony B. Rylands, et al. (2020). Illustrated Checklist of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 2. Eulipotyphla to Carnivora.

From the Catalogue of Life (catalogueoflife.org), compiled from its specialist databases; CC BY 4.0. This name in the Catalogue of Life.